Re: Future OS virus immunity.

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From: Steven Bellovin
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 02:28

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In article <1iaek2INNm6l@uther.cs.purdue.edu>, spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) writes:
> If you take Fred Cohen's definition of virus, then Unix itself is one
> of the most successful viruses ever written, since it tends to result
> in the creation of modified versions of itself on other computer
> systems! 

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From: smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Subject: Re: Future OS virus immunity.
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